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since the injury, but Purdue also got a goal from rookie
Hannah Melchiorre and solid goaltending from fellow
freshman Katie Luce. Purdue had six freshmen start in
each of its first two games.
Perhaps most telling of Purdue's improvement, it
hopes: The Boilermakers beat preseason No. 18 Notre
Dame 2-0 in South Bend in an exhibition Aug. 9, the
same Irish team that had walloped Purdue 5-0 in the
spring, before the freshmen had arrived.
In its second exhibition vs. Iowa State Aug. 12, Pur-
due rallied to beat the Cyclones 2-1.
And afterward, Roff pointed out to his players that
the Boilermakers never once scored an equalizer last
season, let alone scored an equalizer, then a go-ahead
goal.
"Whenever we were a goal down, we never came
back," Korolas said. "It was great to see that mentally
we could stay in the game, focus on scoring a goal, then
even having the winning goal, that was a big thing too.
In the Big Ten, we'll have to have that, knowing that we
can come back."
But if the Boilermakers make a big move this sea-
son, it'll come as a surprise to many. Even though
Purdue had three players on the Big Ten's preseason
honors list — Williams, Korolas and Petrina — league
coaches picked the Boilermakers to finish 13th, ahead
only of Maryland.
"We haven't been as successful," Petrina said. "But I
think this is the year we will kind of step out of that and
actually make our mark on the field. I think we have the
right players, the right team, the right mentality, lead-
ership, and on the bench with the coaches. We all have
the same goals, and I think that will make big things
happen this year."
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